Bodies of 20 Migrants Found in Libyan Desert 2 Weeks After Last Contact

Security personnel recover the body of a migrant in the area between Kufra city and Chadian border with Libya June 28, 2022. Courtesy of Kufra ambulance service head Ibrahim Belhasan /Handout via Reuters

TRIPOLI, Libya—The bodies of 20 migrants who got lost in the Libyan desert near Chad have been found, the ambulance service said on Wednesday, showing pictures of them lying around a black pickup truck on the sand.

The bodies were discovered by a truck driver travelling through the desert and were recovered on Tuesday about 320 km southwest of Kufra and 120 km from the border with Chad.